Did you know you don't need a fancy spin art machine to make spin art? All you need is a salad spinner and an eager helper. This is one of my toddler's very favorite art projects…

Supplies:

Salad spinner

Washable paint

Paper

Pen

Scissors

Take the basket out of the salad spinner and use it to trace a circle onto a stack of paper to cut out small circles that will fit into the inside of the spinner.

Place a piece of paper inside the salad spinner and have your child help drop a few globs of paint on top of the paper. The less of a consistent pattern the better!

Place the lid on and have your child give it a fast spin! (They'll love this part)

Open the lid and take a look inside at your pretty spin art design! Carefully pull out the paper and let it dry

After a few rounds the outside bowl will be a mess (but a pretty rainbow mess!). I had washable paint so it was a cinch to clean up everything. Everything came out quickly with a little soap and water.

Born and raised a New Yorker, but now happy to call the fairytale city of San Francisco home with her husband and son, Liz blogs daily about beautiful things and creations over at Say Yes when she's not digging for treasures at local thrift stores, working on a new craft, or picnicing in Golden Gate Park. On the weekends, she loves to spend time with her outdoors enthusiast family, traveling and backpacking through the West's mountains and deserts.